Sunday, 8 June 2014

Emerald Hill area

Saunders Road. (Nope, no KFC here!) The road was named in 1927 after Charles James Saunders who held several official appointments, among which, District Judge and Resgistrar of Companies.

Hullet Road, built in 1914, named after R W Hullet, principal of Raffles Institution from 1871 and later, Director of Public Instruction.

Terraced houses along Emerald Hill Road. The road was originally owned by William Cuppage, a postal clerk rising to the rank of Postmaster General in the 1840s. He had a residence in the area, naming it Emerald Hill, which might have accounted for the road being named Emerald Hill Road.

So where's Emily? Lucky are the ones staying in these lovely shophouses at Emerald Hill Road. These were built between 1901 and 1925.

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Old shophouses

Walkways

Old shophouses have covered walkways that you can stroll along and look at window displays.

Tiles

Commonly found on facade of old shophouses.

Signboards

Traditional ones are those in thick wood -- gold letterings over black.

Green windows

Sun glasses for the windows -- old fashioned green window panes

Art

Probably built between the1900s and 1940s during which decorative motifs were common.

Quaint gables

Notice the little "knob" at the end of the roof ridge? Ronald G Knapp's book, China's Old Dwellings, has good description on the various forms of gables. Apparently, in the old days, the corners of the roof ridges were reinforced by such knobs (which may take the form of more decorative motifs ) to "weigh down" the roofs as these corners were believed to be most vulnerable during strong winds.